Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Shadow Box card

HELLO friends! Welcome to the Creating Kindness Around the World Hop. CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper. Every month we create around a theme or idea and this months theme is SHADOWBOX card. And, every month, we invite a guest to design with us. Our guest designer is the amazing Heike Bolze!

Shadowbox. What does it mean?
NOUN 1. a case with a protective transparent front, used for displaying jewelry, coins, or other small objects.

I’ve tried to emulate that look on my first ever attempt at a shadow box. The ‘case or container’ is the card. My ‘transparent front’ is the open window frame created with the Stitched Rectangle die. And the small objects for display are the various flowers, birds and the sentiment from the ‘Free As A Bird’ stamp set. Pretty simple if you follow the formula. I really loved working on this card and will definitely try this again.

There are many ways to create this look. Fortunately many of my friends on this hop have videos that share how they created their cards. Hopefully these get your brain spinning and help you making your own version of a shadowbox card. Thanks for stopping by!

Shadowbox - Creating Kindness
Blog Hop Participants

1.    Heike Hűlle-Bolze- Guest Designer – Germany

2.    Danielle Bennenk– Netherlands

3.    Lou Kitzelman– Australia

4.    Sara Levin- USA

5.    Paula Dobson– New Zealand

6.    Jay Soriano– UK

7.    Cheryll Miller– Australia

8.    Charlet Mallett- USA

9.    Marcy Denning– Canada

10.  Jerim Dickins– UK

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Free As A Bird Cling Stamp Set

[149468]

$22.00

Bird Ballad Designer Series Paper

[149592]

$11.50

Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Lace Trim

[149593]

$7.00

Basic Adhesive-Backed Sequins

[146933]

$7.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

[148551]

$35.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Calypso Coral Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144045]

$9.00

Pool Party Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144605]

$9.00

Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[147272]

$9.00

Soft Sea Foam Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[148059]

$9.00

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144597]

$9.00

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

[144601]

$9.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Linen Thread

[104199]

$5.00

Creating Kindness Blog Hop - Touch of Metallic - Geared Up Garage

Hello and welcome to the Creating Kindness Around the World blog hop. This month our theme is METAL. There are so many ways you can incorporate a touch of metal on your projects. With this card I pulled in a little Silver Metallic paper, Silver metallic thread and a metal star embellishment (retired). I would of used the Classic Garage metal embellishments but I couldn't find my stash. LOL. It was probably sitting right in front of me. Ah, well. I like the star.

Geared Up Garage - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

There are many stamp sets that are a great fit with the metal look, I found Geared Up Garage to be the perfect stamp set to pair with that metal look. The Silver Metallic paper has been dry embossed using the Corrugated embossing folder and give that paper a 3D realistic look, without the weight of real METAL. The silver thread has been wound and stuck behind the car and vellum for a little more texture.

CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper.

Every month we invite a guest to join us. Our Guest Designer this month is the most amazing Sylwia Schreck. I was lucky to get to know her last year on the Artisan Design team and she is a sweet as she is talented. Be sure to check out her blog and the rest of the team. Ready to see more metal?! NEXT in line for this hop is Paula. I’m so excited to see her take, her work is so inspiring. Thanks for stopping by!

Geared Up Garage - Charlet Mallett, Stampin’ Up!

Touch of Metal - Creating Kindness
Blog Hop Participants

Sylwia Schreck- Guest Designer – Germany
 Lou Kitzelman– Australia
 Jay Soriano– UK
Danielle Bennenk– Netherlands
 Charlet Mallett- USA - YOU ARE HERE
Paula Dobson– New Zealand
 Jenny Hall– USA
  Sara Levin- USA
 Marcy Denning– Canada

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Geared Up Garage Cling Bundle

[150610]

$48.50

Classic Garage 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[148482]

$11.00

Classic Garage Metal Elements

[148485]

$7.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Tranquil Tide 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[144246]

$8.50

Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[121044]

$8.50

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.00

Black Stampin' Emboss Powder

[146956]

$5.00

Double Layout - Scrapbook Sunday Blog Hop - February

Welcome back to another Scrapbook Sunday blog hop. This event features a team of Stampin' Up! scrapbookers that blog hop the 3rd Sunday of every month and share exclusively scrapbooking ideas using Stampin' Up! products. Please note that we will be shirting to the second Sunday of the Month starting in March.

I did not post or scrapbook last month and you all may be wondering how my book for my Grandma was received. Well, after compiling, I decided it still needed pages. Lol. It’s not done. So I’m continuing to create pages for that book in hopes that I can have it full and ready by June.

The theme for this month is double layout. I usually only create single pages so this was a fun challenge. I used a piece of paper to tie the two pages together. I first created the right side page and then added the left. Not sure if that’s the best way to create a double layout but it’s where I started. I wanted to showcase the photos in a filmstrip so I created one from paper.

Purple is my Grandma’s favorite color and she often wears purple so this light purple sheet from the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Papers was a great base layer. I have cut out and colored the a few butterflies from the paper using Stampin’ Blends to match the colors in the photos.

Notice the super thick and shiny die cut word? This has created by die cutting and layering four sheets of black card stock. Then I dipped in Versamark and heat embossed the top layer with black emboss powder for the shine. A little time consuming but makes for a nice statement embellishment.

Are you ready to see more double layouts? The full link up can be found below. Click on the link after my name or the next button. Thanks so much for visiting. Charlet

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting
supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Creating Kindness Blog Hop - BIRTHDAY!

Boy am I longing for a little tropical relief in this middle of this freezing February. Maybe that’s why I crafted this birthday card with such a summery feel? Are you surviving your winter? I really need to see the sun!

I had a birthday last week. So many friends sent along lovely birthday cards. I am so touched by their friendship and really inspired by the beautiful cards that popped up in my mail. Birthdays are on the brain, which make’s the timing of this month’s CK theme perfect. The Creating Kindness crew are creating birthday cards!!! I always need a birthday card on hand. Hopefully this hop will provide you with tons of varied inspiration to get your birthday card ideas flowing.

There are so many fun NEW tools in the Occasion catalog but I choose to use some favorite “oldie” stamp sets that have been around a bit to create this juicy & refreshing birthday card. A full list of supplies can be found below.

Lemon Zest Lemonade Birthday Card, Charlet Mallett

CREATING KINDNESS: We are a group of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from around the world who have come together to inspire you to create kindness through cardmaking and paper.

Every month we invite a guest to join us. Our Guest Designer this month is the sweet and talented Louise Sharp. She happens to be the NEXT in line for this hop. We are so excited to have her join us. Thanks for stopping by!

Bendi Card Blog Hop Participants
 Louise Sharp– Guest Designer - Australia
 Jenny Hall– USA
Lou Kitzelman– Australia
Paula Dobson  - New Zealand
 Jay Soriano– UK
 Marcy Denning- Canada
Cheryll Miller– Australia
 Danielle Bennenk– Netherlands
Jerim Dickins– UK
Sara Levin– USA
Carolynn Sander- Canada
 Charlet Mallett- USA - YOU ARE HERE

Are you Interested in purchasing Stampin' Up! products? I would LOVE to be your Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. If you live in the United States you can order your paper crafting supplies from my online store. So easy. THANK YOU!

Product List

Coffee Café Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143677]

$21.00

Coffee Cups Framelits Dies

[143745]

$30.00

Lemon Zest Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143808]

$20.00

Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad

[147141]

$7.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

[147052]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[122924]

$8.50

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[100730]

$9.75

Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock

[101856]

$9.00

SNAIL Permanent Adhesive

[104332]

$7.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Aqua Painters

[103954]

$17.00

Watercolor Paper

[122959]

$5.00